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[UnravelKatharsis]

Yes clearly that post you quoted was made before i found the amount

but still it's a weird precedent that it's a free upgrade in 2 regions and not in 1.

Sorry, you know how it is. Read page one, comment. It's weird but I'm sure there's a reason.

 

[zeorhymer]

Everyone but the Japanese are upset. Why?

This is how "allies" work. They get upset on behalf of the other people. Even though the other people don't care.

 

[iHaunter]

Not this crap again turns out Smart Delivery is actually smart

Your avatar is hilarious! Can't wait for no more cross-gen shit so we don't have to deal with this anymore.

 

[ranmafan]

This has been a constant annoyance since the ps5 has launched here in Japan and I’ve and many others have complained about it since day one. We never get an good answer as to why other than it’s supposedly related to some consumer protection law but no one says what the reason is exactly. Of course Japanese laws tend to be confusing and hard to understand in general. Thankfully since going full digital on playstation the last few years I’ve started to avoid this problem a lot since I buy most of my games via the us Psn store. Especially resident evil to avoid the cero bs censorship. So luckily I won’t get hit with the 100 yen or so charge this time. But the times it has happened it’s been a huge annoyance.

 

[TGO]

Where are the guys who said, upgrade fees are good for developers? How do you like this now? Because this will be the future for gaming, if you want to upgrade your games to next gen. We the consumers will have to suffer the consequences of these actions now. I feel sorry for the japanese users, who will have to shell money now for these upgrades.

It was never a good thing to pay 10$ for upgrade. Now you will have to pay upgrades in the future, if companies follow Sony approach.

I'm sorry but how did you upgrade from the 360/PS3 version to the Xbox One/PS4 version before?
Because you said $10 upgrade is the future

 

[Spukc]

Its called Crapcom for a reason

No
Body

Its one of the last actual fucking companies that seems to make videogames

 

[kingfey]

I'm sorry but how did you upgrade from the 360/PS3 version to the Xbox One/PS4 version before?
Because you said $10 upgrade is the future

Nothing on xbox, and ps3 games cant run on ps4. Unless you mean the remastered games, which isnt an upgrade.

 

[TGO]

Nothing on xbox, and ps3 games cant run on ps4. Unless you mean the remastered games, which isnt an upgrade.

So you paid nothing to upgrade your 360 version of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Watch Dogs etc to Nextgen
You bought the 360 version and got the Xbox One version for free?

 

[kingfey]

So you paid nothing to upgrade your 360 version of Assassin's Creed Black Flag, Battlefield 4, Watch Dogs etc to Nextgen
You bought the 360 version and got the Xbox One version for free?

Yes, i got them for free, because ms let me play supported xbox 360 games and with fps boost.

But to answer to your question, there was no upgrade for x360 to xbox one. Since no one done that, aside of remastered. This upgrade thing is new. You also have other devs doing the upgrade for free, without charging any money.

 

[JaksGhost]

Yes, i got them for free, because ms let me play supported xbox 360 games and with fps boost.

But to answer to your question, there was no upgrade for x360 to xbox one. Since no one done that, aside of remastered. This upgrade thing is new. You also have other devs doing the upgrade for free, without charging any money.

That’s simply not true.

Next-Gen Upgrades - Call of Duty: Ghosts Guide - IGN

Call of Duty: Ghosts will be launched in November for both current and next-gen systems. If you are planning on getting one of the new systems, but not

www.ign.com

Ubisoft x Xbox had a whole system and were even charging $70 for dual licenses.

 

[BadBurger]

I guess those warning that this would spread to third party PS5 games eventually were right.

 

[TGO]

Yes, i got them for free, because ms let me play supported xbox 360 games and with fps boost.

But to answer to your question, there was no upgrade for x360 to xbox one. Since no one done that, aside of remastered. This upgrade thing is new. You also have other devs doing the upgrade for free, without charging any money.

Don't get it twisted, I agree it should be free
How many years have we've seen these companies release full price Nextgen versions on console and in the same breath in their PR to get us to buy the new version say the PC version will be free
But the $10 charge doesn't bother me because I use to have to buy it full price.
So I ain't complaining either way because both are better then it was before.

 

[JaksGhost]

I guess those warning that this would spread to third party PS5 games eventually were right.

This has been a thing since launch…

 

[BadBurger]

This has been a thing since launch…

I thought it was only first party stuff.

 

[Elbow Identity Shallow]

Just take note that others Japan upgrades for PS5 have the same fee… it was discussed at launch.

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/sony-japan-charging-¥100-for-some-free-ps5-upgrades.1577355/

The game that didn’t have the fee could not be upgraded in Japan like Yakuza Like the Dragon.

BTW it really looks like a government thing and not related to the rating but unfair prices.

「ボーダーランズ3」の次世代機版へのアップグレードが可能に。Xbox One版は無料，PS4版からのアップグレードは税込100円

　2KとGearbox Softwareが展開しているシューティングRPG「ボーダーランズ3」の，次世代機版へのアップグレードが可能となった。Xbox One版は無料，PS4版は100円（税込）。DLCとセーブファイルも，すべて同ファミリーの次世代機へ移行可能だ。

www.4gamer.net

My iPhone translation from the PR:

“※Upgrading from the PS4 version to the PS5 version was free (Related article), due to the judgment related to Japan's unfair prizes and the Unfair Labeling Prevention Act, the upgrade has been changed to paid correspondence.”

Thanks for sharing that.
It's pretty much been a standard thing in Japan for this stuff and because the charges were the same I tried to find out what the hell was causing iages ago because it seemed to be the default way of doing this there so I was convinced that there was clearly something going on that was unavoidable. I did find an article somewhere mentioning that they had to do it and it was almost like a tax payment but that 4gamer.net does add a bit more info.
It really sounds like a law that was probably created with something else in mind but this stuff maybe got caught up in it by accident. At least it's just a token fee, I suppose.

 

[assurdum]

When is it supposed to be released? Anyone knows?

 

[TheGreatMusashi]

FF7R had the same thing, it's apparently a legal thing which might be related to sku's or what not.

Yup.

I’d pay a fee. Hell, I’d tickle their ball ‘fro.

Few things are better than reaching into the closet and pulling out an old PS4 game with a (free-ish) upgrade.

 

[Edgelord79]

Where are the guys who said, upgrade fees are good for developers? How do you like this now? Because this will be the future for gaming, if you want to upgrade your games to next gen. We the consumers will have to suffer the consequences of these actions now. I feel sorry for the japanese users, who will have to shell money now for these upgrades.

It was never a good thing to pay 10$ for upgrade. Now you will have to pay upgrades in the future, if companies follow Sony approach.

Stand down.